Can you see the stars in the longest night sky? It must be an Echoes Winter Solstice. Journey through a soundscape of snow-shrouded trees, silent saguaro cacti and white-out conditions.
There will be some seasonal chill in the air on Echoes as we near Christmas. But we’ll also hear new music from Peter Gabriel off his album i/o and Jean-Michel Jarre from Oxymoreworks.
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas but we do have 12 CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through them, first forward from January and then backwards from December.
It’s an Echoes Winterlüde when we hear acclaimed New Age artist David Arkenstone performing music from his new release, Winterlüde as well as his take on classic holiday tunes. It’s the seasonal concert of your dreams.
It has been a great year for new music and we’ll pick out our Top 30 best albums of 2023 on Echoes. You might want to see who is number one, but you will love who is 30.
We hear electronic sounds from Brazil when we talk to Anna. She’s creating ambient music after a career in thumping techno. Her album Intentions revels in serene melodic cycles.
Outkast’s Andre 3000 goes ambient and new age. We’ll hear music from the rapper’s solo debut album, New Blue Sun which is all instrumental and features no real beats and lots of flute.
On an Echoes In Memoriam, we remember. Many musicians who lit up the Echoes sky left us this year. Among them are Jeff Beck, George Winston, Ralph Lundsten and Simon Emmerson.
David Arkenstone talks about his album, Winterlude. It’s a seasonal tone poem without Christmas carols and without sleigh bells. Join John Diliberto for this exclusive interview.
It has been a great year for new music and we’ll pick out our Top 30 best albums of 2023 on Echoes. You might want to see who is number one, but you will love who is 30.